Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't deliberately torture yourself by giving in to depression. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing. Sirach 30:19What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell: Sirach 30:20 So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity: Sirach 30:22 Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Sirach 30:23 The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life. Context Sirach 30…20So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity: 21He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing. 22Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel.… Cross References Sirach 30:19 What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell: Sirach 30:20 So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity: Sirach 30:22 Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Sirach 30:23 The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life. |
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